All the people on this board who've shitcanned Grigg over the years (myself included) looking stupid now. His departure wasn't great but let's not pretend he's not a good player, has been a very solid contributor for Richmond during his time there.

Looking back to what we could learn from the Tigers, a big turning point for them was the Fighting Tiger Fund that kicked off when Brendan Gale came in. From memory it raised about $5 million which went towards paying off all of their debt and gave the funds necessary to beef up their Football Department (Extra recruiters, development coaches, stand alone VFL side and facilities). That was also the time that their membership figures really started to explode. I'd love to see Carlton do something like that to remove the debt that is an ever tightening noose around our neck (look at how cheap our VFL club is run).

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Yep gale coming in along with Peggy and a stable board have been the catalyst for our flag. Balme a huge get to at the end of last year. Most clubs would have sacked dimma end of last season but the club showed the faith and weren’t dictated to by the baying wolves of the media.
From a Carlton perspective Bolton seems like the right man however your board still seems like it has a way to go, the whole handling of the trigg situation didn’t look good from the outside.
Best of luck for next season, besides rd 1 and whenever else we smash you